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- pronunciation:
- dih
skraI
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
descries, descrying, descried |
| definition 1: |
to see or make out, esp. something obscured or at a distance.
He descried the house through the thick vegetation.- similar words:
- discern, distinguish, sight
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| definition 2: |
to find or detect by means of close study or observation.
She descried several errors in the manuscript.- similar words:
- detect, discover
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| related words: |
catch, discover, find, notice, observe, see |
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| derivation: |
descrier (n.) |
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